NEWS
Is the dam breaking?
Our exclusive chats with guv nominees show expansion openness Editor's Note: This story was originally published in the November 1, 2024 edition of Indiana Gaming Insight prior to the election. After several years of Governor Eric Holcomb (R) not [...]
Here’s your crash course in VE
INDOT has a road funding trump card heading into session As you we’ve recounted for you in these pages, the recent completion of the I-69/I-465 interchange connected the crossroads from Evansville all the way to the Canadian border. That [...]
College enrollment bumps again
Second-year increase in college enrollment, more non-IN student Overall enrollment in Indiana’s public higher education institutions increases for a second consecutive year – marking again the highest year-over-year increase since 2010 when college enrollment numbers entered the downward trajectory [...]
Red tide swamps IN women
Harris, McCormick, McCray, Wells all lose; supermajority intact Two years ago analysts puzzled over why Hoosiers – particularly women – didn’t rebel against the Republican legislative supermajority just two months removed from passage of a strict abortion ban . [...]
Almost Haven? Not quite yet …
Full House hosts New Haven event, but faces minefield in sought move Full House Resorts details its proposed plans for a new casino in New Haven and some of the key points for how it intends to make Rising [...]
A contracting game-changer?
Ruling challenges roadbuilding DBE efforts for Hoosiers and more A major court ruling late last month shook up not just the Hoosier transportation paradigm . . . but may have also struck a major blow to diversity, equity, and [...]
School threats wreak havoc
Uptick in false threats statewide cause school-day disruptions A seemingly never-ending string of threats of violence against schools has been plaguing districts across the state for the last three weeks now – part of a disturbing national trend of [...]
The state of the state race
Demos seek leverage, cash from events, polling Democrats are beginning to feel optimistic about their chances in the gubernatorial race this fall, a prospect that would have been unthinkable back in early May . . . but we are [...]
Rising stakes in casino move
Could new land in trust deal impact Full House transfer to New Haven? We seemed to have opened a veritable Pandora’s Box with our exclusive report that Full House Resorts, Inc. was exploring a legislative move of its tiny [...]
A worrisome FIRSST meeting
Lawmakers ponder Community Crossings, road funding formula “I may have just heard, for the first time in eight years, that Community Crossings was ill-conceived,” Rep. Ed Soliday (R) of Valparaiso needles. “Are you sure [your] presentation isn’t really that [...]